The Apostolate of Hannah's Tears

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How GREAT Is Our God?

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Every time I hear the words IVF, it takes me back to the day (oh, probably 10 years ago) when someone shared their IVF story with me after Mass.  I was actually in shock…  Then in her very gentle voice she stated to me, “You have to do what You have to do”… I will never forget those words, as if they had been pierced into my heart.  I walked away from that conversation totally flabbergasted!  I couldn’t believe that a fellow Catholic would be so blunt about such a procedure.  In my heart, I heard the words, “No, I don’t have to do what I gotta do”.  These words stir in my soul every time I hear IVF.  Something, I wish had never been invented, but in my heart I know that God is moving mountains and Pope Paul VI Institute is preforming miracles through the grace of our loving God each and everyday through the gift of NaProTechnology.  

How GREAT and Loving is Our God! 


Let us put our trust in the Lord who made Heaven and Earth.  Christ built the (Catholic) Church and we must listen to Her voice, she is our mother on this earth and we are Her children.   God bless all of you who are following the laws of God and the Church, it’s not easy, but our rewards will be great in Heaven.  So let us follow the truth of this call.

Have a beautiful Memorial Weekend!
Your Hannah’s Tears Intercessors
            and me,
Therese

Saint Crispin of Viterbo

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I absolutely love the name, Crispin!  He was celebrated by the Franciscan’s on Thursday May 19, but in some searches I have seen his feast stated as May 23; regardless I will assume that it was the 19th and this post was meant to be.  I feel the Holy Spirit must want us to learn something from this holy man, may he be an example to us all.
Crispin accomplished a remarkable amount of good in the area of social and spiritual assistance, energetically ministering among the sick, the imprisoned, sinners, unwed mothers, families experiencing hardship and those on the brink of despair. He was a skilled peacemaker both within his own Capuchin community and with others. Before beginning any task, Crispin always prayed first to Mary, his mother. He possessed a contagious joviality and his ministry was marked by a profound sense of joy. Nothing escaped his notice, particularly in discerning what people really needed. Daily he visited the sick and local prisoners, pleading their cause, urging the guards to respect their human dignity, bringing them bread, chestnuts and tobacco, and arranging for families to take turns providing the prisoners with good, home cooked meals. Babies were often abandoned on the doorstep of the friary and then placed in the care of Our Lady of the Star Shelter. Crispin took a personal interest in these foundlings, arranging for their being apprenticed in one or the other trade, and keeping in touch with many of them well into their adult lives. Crispin was filled with intuition and insight which prompted many learned people to seek his counsel.

Crispin was convinced that much of human misery, both material and spiritual, was due to injustice. He therefore set about to confront social injustice by admonishing merchants, reminding people of workers’ rights, and asking forgiveness of debts whenever possible. He used his sense of humor to lighten people’s burdens. Every little occurrence found its way quickly to Crispin’s ears. Without hesitation, he would offer himself as a mediator, friend, and counselor. Nonetheless, he was not without his critics and crosses, both within and outside the friary. Some called him opinionated and aggressive; others, a hypocrite. Some friars expected Crispin to make their life easier. When their expectations were not met, they became embittered. Besides many letters, Crispin left a treasury of maxims, among them, “One doesn’t get to heaven in a taxi.”

During the winter of 1747-48, Crispin fell gravely ill and was transferred to the provincial infirmary at Rome. Recovery was but temporary, and on May 19, 1750, the 82-year-old Crispin died of pneumonia at the Friary of the Immaculate Conception located near the Piazza Barberini on Rome’s famous via Veneto. Among the many sayings attributed to him was the exhortation, “Let us love God who deserves it!”



Crispin’s simple, humble holiness brought many local lay people to him for spiritual guidance. As word of his wisdom spread, his visitors became priests, bishops, then cardinals, and even a pope. Crispin was noted for paying little attention to the rank or status of a visitor, either high or low, but concentrating on talking to them all as equal children of the same God. 

Beatified by Pius VII on September 7, 1806, Crispin was canonized by Pope John Paul II on June 20, 1982.
Below is  the homily 05-19-2011 – Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SJ –  Feast of St. Crispin of Viterbo.




Our Lady of Good Counsel

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Litany of Our Lady of Good Counsel
 
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, Have mercy on us.
Beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father, pray for us.
August Mother of God the Son, pray for us.
Blessed Spouse of God the Holy Ghost, pray for us.
Living temple of the Holy Trinity, pray for us.
Queen of Heaven and earth, pray for us.
Seat of Divine Wisdom, pray for us.
Depositary of the secrets of the Most High, pray for us.
Virgin most prudent, pray for us.
In our doubts and difficulties, pray for us.
In our tribulations and anguish, pray for us.
In our discouragements, pray for us.
In perils and temptations, pray for us.
In all our undertakings, pray for us.
In all our needs, pray for us.
At the hour of death, pray for us.
By thine Immaculate Conception, pray for us.
By thy happy nativity, pray for us.
By thine admirable presentation, pray for us.
By thy glorious Annunciation, pray for us.
By thy charitable Visitation, pray for us.
By thy Divine Maternity, pray for us.
By thy holy Purification, pray for us.
By the sorrows and anguish of thy maternal heart, pray for us.
By thy precious death, pray for us.
By thy triumphant Assumption, pray for us.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
R. And obtain for us the gift of good counsel.

Let Us Pray.
V. Lord Jesus, Author and Dispenser of all good, Who in becoming incarnate in the womb of the Blessed Virgin hast communicated to her lights above those of all the Heavenly intelligences, grant that in honoring her under the title of Our Lady of Good Counsel, we may merit always to receive from her goodness counsels of wisdom and salvation, which will conduct us to the port of a blessed eternity.
R. Amen.

If you haven’t seen this…

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please make sure you find the time.  This film will open your heart to so much of what God may be asking of you.  I’m not saying we all are called to be missionaries, but when you watch this open your eyes, your ears, and your heart to hear what God might be asking of you.  Our challenges in this life just may be a door to something we had not ever thought.

Blessings to you for a very happy and holy Easter Season!

http://www.grassrootsfilms.com/thehumanexperience/

Longing for a Child, God has all the Answers

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*Something that you may think about with infertility support groups is a Bible study, with Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament or Mass/Benediction.  This may take time building such a support group but ask Our Lady to help you with opening the door of support with your priest/pastor and she will take care of the rest.  

Matthew 7:7-8

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.




Don’t stop seeking God’s presence, you will be surprised just what is waiting for you.


*Note to the reader, I’m not sure why this post is in all caps, as when I am typing this out I am not seeing it in all caps until it is posted.  Sorry if you think I’m shouting, as I’m not.  Blessings to you today and always. (Therese)